True Romance (Golden Silvers album)

True Romance
Studio album by Golden Silvers
Released	April 20, 2009
Genre	Art rock, Pop, Doo-wop
Label	XL Recordings
Singles from True Romance
"True Romance (True No.9 Blues)" Released: April 29, 2009 "Arrows of Eros" Released: June 23, 2009 "Please Venus" Released: August 24, 2009

True Romance is the only album by Golden Silvers. It was released by XL Recordings on April 20, 2009 on CD, download and 12″ vinyl.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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The album received generally positive reviews. It earned a collective score of 71 out of 100 from Metacritic. Dave Simpson of The Guardian said that the album contains a "combination of masterful songwriting and lyrics that introduce dark edges" to a "more timeless than retro" sound.

Singles

• "True Romance (True No.9 Blues)" was released as the album's lead single and peaked at #142 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Another Universe"	4:51
2.	"True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)"	3:32
3.	"Magic Touch"	4:05
4.	"My Love Is a Seed That Doesn't Grow"	4:04
5.	"Here Comes The King"	4:05
6.	"Shakes"	3:51
7.	"Queen Of The 21st Century"	5:01
8.	"Please Venus"	5:00
9.	"Arrows Of Eros"	5:38
10.	"Fade To Black"	2:49

Personnel

• Neil Brockbank - engineer
• Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone
• Gwilym Gold - composer, keyboards, vocals, artwork
• Dougal Lott - engineer
• B.J. Ben Mason - engineer
• Ben Moorhouse - bass, background vocals

• Michael Mwenso - trombone
• Robbie Nelson - engineer
• Jay Phelps - trumpet
• Daniel Rejmer - engineer
• Graham Turner - photography
• Rebecca Miller - photography
• Colin Henderson - album cover design/illustration
• Jack Watkins - web design

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Chart

True Romance debuted and peaked at #96 on the UK Singles Chart and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	96